We are no longer accepting abstracts for 2023 No-Dig North.A bstracts will be considered on a case by case basis. Please contact Craig Pass for more information.
Prospective authors are invited to submit a 250-word abstract outlining the scope of their paper and the principal points of benefit to the trenchless industry.
The Technical Program Committee will review abstracts and will notify the primary authors of acceptance starting April 30. Accepted abstracts will be finalized into papers which will be published on NASTT’s online trenchless library. To ensure meaningful and commercial free technical content, all abstracts and papers will be peer-reviewed.
Abstracts from the following subject areas are of interest to the No-Dig North Technical Program Committee:
POTABLE WATER AND PRESSURE SYSTEMS
- Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
- Pipe Rehabilitation
- Pipe Bursting
- Emerging Technologies
WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, AND NON-PRESSURE SYSTEM
- Advanced Pipeline Condition Assessment
- I&I and Leak Detection
- Pipeline and Laterals Rehabilitation
- Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
- Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining
- Sliplining
- Pipe Bursting
- Spray Applied Linings
- Grouting
- Manhole Rehabilitation
NEW INSTALLATIONS – TUNNELING, BORING, AND PIPE RAMMING
- New Concepts or Trenchless Equipment, Materials and Methods
- New Application for Boring Techniques (Auger Boring and Pipe Ramming)
- Pilot Tube Boring (Tunneling)
ENERGY PIPELINE SYSTEMS
- Pipeline Inspection, Locating and Condition Assessment
- Aging System Rehabilitation
- New Trenchless Installation
- Standards and Regulations
INDUSTRY ISSUES
- Subsurface Utility Engineering
- Submittal Requirements and Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Project Budgeting and Prioritization
- Funding for “Green” Technologies
- Selection Criteria for Contractors
- Social Costs and Impacts
- Carbon Footprint Reduction
- Sustainable Construction Practices
- Industry Trends, Issues and Concerns
- Differing Site Condition Claims
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (HDD)
- New Concepts and Applications for Horizontal Directional Drilling Equipment, Materials and Methods
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